Barnes and Jones big mouth vent

gerry gill

My guys put a big mouth vent from Barnes and Jones on a steam main the other day that took 11 minutes to get steam to the end. It took 2 minutes after. Big smiles!!

Fred

I put mine on a few weeks ago. I'm anxious to see how they do this season!

Paul48

Now there's a testimonial for Amazon.

JUGHNE

Gerry, what did the venting consist of before the "Big Mouth" installation?

Paul S_3

i installed my first today....1 big mouth 20 ft main (2 in) and 1 varivent on a 5 ft 2in main.....system had no venting besides rads ....it took over 25 minutes once it started to steam to get to the further radiator now it took 4 minutes....i love them ....and they actually shut when steam hits them unlike some Gortons

JUGHNE

Paul, is that a 1/2" tap into a 2" pipe....have you had good luck with that?

gerry gill

JUGHNE said:

Gerry, what did the venting consist of before the "Big Mouth" installation?

Wasnt one. We cut it into the piping. You see that a lot around here. She will see a big difference in her gas usage I would imagine.

Paul S_3

yes its a 1/2 tap.....never had an issue

Mad Dog_2

That's cool guys. On low pressure steam, drill & tap is fine. You can keep installation cost down.
Its an even better way to go when you ACM on the pipe and fittings that you don't want to touch. Mad Dog

gerry gill

Mad Dog, Hi! been a long time, how have you been?

JohnNY

@Paul S notice the left-right coupling on the drop to the wet return. I'd bet the farm that reducing elbow used to be a tee at some point.

Sailah

Looks good gents, thanks for your kind words.

Mad Dog_2

Outstanding Gerry. Email me sometime and I'll fill ya in. Mad Dog. Plumbing3c@gmail.com